diff --git a/src/Xamarin.Android.Tools.AndroidSdk/AndroidAppManifest.cs b/src/Xamarin.Android.Tools.AndroidSdk/AndroidAppManifest.cs
index 5955292b..87ed37a3 100644
--- a/src/Xamarin.Android.Tools.AndroidSdk/AndroidAppManifest.cs
+++ b/src/Xamarin.Android.Tools.AndroidSdk/AndroidAppManifest.cs
@@ -329,7 +329,9 @@ void RemoveAndroidPermissions (IEnumerable<string> permissions)
 
 		IEnumerable<XElement> GetLaunchableActivities ()
 		{
-			foreach (var activity in application.Elements ("activity")) {
+			var activities = application.Elements ("activity");
+			var aliases = application.Elements ("activity-alias");
+			foreach (var activity in activities.Union (aliases)) {
 				foreach (var filter in activity.Elements ("intent-filter")) {
 					foreach (var category in filter.Elements ("category"))
 						if (category != null && (string?)category.Attribute (aName) == "android.intent.category.LAUNCHER")
diff --git a/tests/Xamarin.Android.Tools.AndroidSdk-Tests/AndroidAppManifestTests.cs b/tests/Xamarin.Android.Tools.AndroidSdk-Tests/AndroidAppManifestTests.cs
index 5c58199a..92e81dbe 100644
--- a/tests/Xamarin.Android.Tools.AndroidSdk-Tests/AndroidAppManifestTests.cs
+++ b/tests/Xamarin.Android.Tools.AndroidSdk-Tests/AndroidAppManifestTests.cs
@@ -51,8 +51,9 @@ public void GetLaunchableActivityNames ()
 			var versions	= new AndroidVersions (Array.Empty<AndroidVersion>());
 			var manifest    = AndroidAppManifest.Load (GetTestAppManifest (), versions);
 			var launchers   = manifest.GetLaunchableActivityNames ().ToList ();
-			Assert.AreEqual (1,                             launchers.Count);
+			Assert.AreEqual (2,                             launchers.Count);
 			Assert.AreEqual (".HasMultipleIntentFilters",	launchers [0]);
+			Assert.AreEqual (".ActivityAlias",	launchers [1]);
 		}
 
 		[Test]
diff --git a/tests/Xamarin.Android.Tools.AndroidSdk-Tests/Resources/manifest-simplewidget.xml b/tests/Xamarin.Android.Tools.AndroidSdk-Tests/Resources/manifest-simplewidget.xml
index c834c6cf..b3e146a0 100644
--- a/tests/Xamarin.Android.Tools.AndroidSdk-Tests/Resources/manifest-simplewidget.xml
+++ b/tests/Xamarin.Android.Tools.AndroidSdk-Tests/Resources/manifest-simplewidget.xml
@@ -33,6 +33,12 @@
         <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
       </intent-filter>
     </activity>
+    <activity-alias android:name=".ActivityAlias" android:label="alias">
+      <intent-filter>
+        <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
+        <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
+      </intent-filter>
+    </activity-alias>
   </application>
   <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
   <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_CONTACTS" />
diff --git a/tests/Xamarin.Android.Tools.AndroidSdk-Tests/Xamarin.Android.Tools.AndroidSdk-Tests.csproj b/tests/Xamarin.Android.Tools.AndroidSdk-Tests/Xamarin.Android.Tools.AndroidSdk-Tests.csproj
index 19c4033d..27b85243 100644
--- a/tests/Xamarin.Android.Tools.AndroidSdk-Tests/Xamarin.Android.Tools.AndroidSdk-Tests.csproj
+++ b/tests/Xamarin.Android.Tools.AndroidSdk-Tests/Xamarin.Android.Tools.AndroidSdk-Tests.csproj
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <!-- $(TargetFrameworks) is used to allow the $(TargetFramework) check in Directory.Build.props to work.
         If $(TargetFramework) is declared here instead, it will not be evaluated before Directory.Build.props
         is loaded and the wrong $(TestOutputFullPath) will be used. -->
-    <TargetFrameworks>net6.0</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net8.0</TargetFrameworks>
     <SignAssembly>true</SignAssembly>
     <AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile>..\..\product.snk</AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile>
     <IsPackable>false</IsPackable>